§ 42-83. Damaging public buildings or property.

(a)

Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) breaks any window or door of any courthouse, house of public worship, college, schoolhouse, town hall, or other public building or library; (ii) damages or defaces any public building or any statuary in or on any public buildings or public grounds; or (iii) destroys any property in any of such buildings shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the damage the property is less than $1,000.00.

(b)

Any person who willfully and unlawfully damages or defaces any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, map, picture, manuscript, or other property located in any library, reading room, museum, or other educational institution shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the damage to the property is less than $1,000.00.

(Code 1992, § 15-5)

Cross reference— Buildings and building regulations, ch. 14.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-138.

(Code 1992, § 15-5)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-138.

Cross reference

Buildings and building regulations, ch. 14.